Facts and Statistics
Medical Center and Health System Facts
Figures are for fiscal year 2012 unless otherwise indicated.
The 2011-12 U.S.News & World Report rankings placed Duke University Medical Center among the top hospitals in the nation. It was ranked among just 148 facilities -- roughly 3 percent of the 4,793 analyzed for the magazine's Best Hospitals rankings -- to be ranked in even one of 16 specialties.
For the 12th year running, Triangle residents rated Duke University Medical Center the best-quality hospital in the Durham area -- earning Duke a 2012-13 Consumer Choice Award from the National Research Corporation.
Annual operating revenues, Duke University Health System: $2.5 billion
Medical Center campus size: 96 buildings located on 201 acres
Gross square feet: 8.2 million
Faculty and Staff Facts
Duke is the largest employer in Durham County and the second-largest private employer in North Carolina. Duke University Health System has approximately 15,700 full-time employees, while the academic Duke University Medical Center has 7,658 full-time employees.
Included among the employees at Duke University Medical Center are:
- 1,260 faculty in the clinical program
- 198 faculty in the basic sciences
- 69 faculty in the nursing school
Education Facts
All figures are current as of September 2012 unless otherwise noted.
For the class entering September 2012, the School of Medicine received nearly 5,000 applications for 100 slots.
In its 2012 and 2013 rankings, U.S.News & World Report ranked Duke's schools and programs as among the best in the United States:
- Duke University School of Medicine: 8th (2013)
- Duke University School of Nursing: 7th (2012)
- Duke Physician Assistant Program: 1st (2012)
- Duke Doctor of Physical Therapy Program: 27th (2012)
- Duke Clinical Psychology Program (PhD): 6th (2012)
- Duke Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA) Program (MSN): 11th (2012)
Student Facts
School of Medicine MD Program: 413
PhD Programs in Basic Sciences: 620
School of Nursing: 771
- Accelerated BSN: 196
- MSN degree: 407
- Post-Master's certificate: 13
- Health Informatics certificate: 8
- DNP degree: 128
- PhD degree: 18
Medical and Health Professions:
- Doctor of Physical Therapy: 192
- Physician Assistant (MHS degree): 164
- Pathologists' Assistant (MHS degree): 16
- Clinical Leadership Program (MHS degree): 14
- Clinical Research Program (MHS degree): 210
- Ophthalmic Medical Technician Program: 12
Continuing Medical Education: In fiscal year 2012, the School of Medicine's Office of Continuing Medical Education sponsored 589 activities with 50,268 physician and 16,618 non-physician registrations.
Research Facts
All figures are current as of September 2012 unless otherwise noted.
Duke University Medical Center comprises one of the largest biomedical research enterprises in the country, with approximately $643 million in research expenditures.
In 2012, Duke ranked 10th among American medical schools in National Institutes of Health grant funding (excluding R&D contracts and ARRA awards), with more than $295 million. (Source: brimr.org)
With highly respected research programs in areas ranging from cancer and heart disease to the basic sciences and health policy research, Duke is home to the nation's largest and oldest academic clinical research organization -- the Duke Clinical Research Institute -- and to the $200-million Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, a campus-wide initiative to address the broad challenges of the genomic revolution.
About 16 percent of Duke students are enrolled in the Medical Scientist Training Program, which leads to both a MD and a PhD in one of the basic sciences. Created to train highly qualified students as physician-scientists, the program has graduated more MD-PhDs than any such program in the country and is highly regarded nationally.
Patient Care Facts
Figures are for Duke University Health System (including Duke University Hospital, Duke University Medical Center, Durham Regional Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Duke HomeCare & Hospice, Duke Primary Care) for fiscal year 2012 unless otherwise indicated.
Inpatient admissions: 60,806
Outpatient visits: 2,016,470
Number of surgical procedures, including endoscopy: 90,156
Figures are for Duke University Hospital, hospital-based clinics, and DUMC outpatient locations for fiscal year 2012 unless otherwise indicated.
Inpatients: 40,382
Outpatient visits: 1,234,926
Average adult daily census (without observation): 666.55
Total inpatient days (including normal newborns): 249,522
Emergency Department visits: 70,086
Patients transported by LifeFlight (excludes ground): 819
Number of surgical cases: 37,124
Hospital lab procedures: 5,739,463
Babies delivered: 3,119
Cardiac catheterizations (adult/pediatric/mobile): 5,385
Cardiac catheterizations in mobile units: 124
Angioplasties: 990
Open-heart surgeries:
- Adult: 959
- Pediatric: 143
- Thoracic: 1,404
Organ transplants:
- Kidney: 103
- Pancreas-Kidney: 7
- Pancreas: 4
- Lung: 122
- Heart: 61
- Liver: 64
Charity Care and Community Care Facts
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